I don't think Yui is acting out of pity, but I also think Hikki's default position in any situation would be to push her away if he felt like she was getting too close. It makes sense for him to be defensive to a fault from what we've seen.

He doesn't mind Yukino since they're practically cut from the same cloth; he can trust that she'll stay distant of her own volition and not to get closer to him than he'd like. But Yui is definitely a threat from his point of view.

I don't think Yui is acting out of pity, but I also think Hikki's default position in any situation would be to push her away if he felt like she was getting too close. It makes sense for him to be defensive to a fault from what we've seen.

He doesn't mind Yukino since they're practically cut from the same cloth; he can trust that she'll stay distant of her own volition and not to get closer to him than he'd like. But Yui is definitely a threat from his point of view.

eh even if Yui and Hikki get together i dont feel it could last well, they have both core different personalities. Hikki is the loner who would rather sit at the back of the school feel the breeze and eat sandwiches than have a discussion with another human being. On the flip side you have Yui who cares about what EVERYONE thinks of her. I mean my main problem is i cant see any reason for a girl like Yui to like a guy like Hikki and if the only reason is cause he saved her dog then that just feels like a debt of gratitude she has rather than a crush.

I don't really think she does. I think she's just looking everywhere for just one person to just look just at her.

I do agree that currently they'd be pretty terrible together, but if something happens to jar Hikki's world view I could see it happening. It couldn't just be sympathy though, something would have to hit him emotionally. Hard.

This show has been interesting for me so far because, in many ways, I'm much like Hikki. I completely understand why he said what he said to Yuri at the end of episode 5 and I feel that I would've probably done something similar. When you're someone that has no real friends you don't want someone's sympathy, nor do you want someone to be nice just for the sake of being nice. You want a real friendship, but what he's developed so far with the other characters is about as fake as it can get. They associate in school, but outside of that they might as well be complete strangers aside from when they bump into one another.

Wonder whats going threw Yukinons head now? She falling for Hikki? Whatever it may be it wont go well im sure lol

Fake date thing was nice to see. At some point Hiki will let his guard down this season and let one of the 2 girls in, only to have some misunderstanding occur and have him doubt it and ruin everything and it will all just start back over again lol.

eh even if Yui and Hikki get together i dont feel it could last well, they have both core different personalities. Hikki is the loner who would rather sit at the back of the school feel the breeze and eat sandwiches than have a discussion with another human being. On the flip side you have Yui who cares about what EVERYONE thinks of her. I mean my main problem is i cant see any reason for a girl like Yui to like a guy like Hikki and if the only reason is cause he saved her dog then that just feels like a debt of gratitude she has rather than a crush.

I don't really think she does. I think she's just looking everywhere for just one person to just look just at her.

I do agree that currently they'd be pretty terrible together, but if something happens to jar Hikki's world view I could see it happening. It couldn't just be sympathy though, something would have to hit him emotionally. Hard.

I actually think Yui is the same as Hikki, except she's just too much of the "nice girl", and she's not the type to be a loner, so she just goes with the flow and lets everyone walk all over her. she secretly wants someone to like her for who she is, and she found that in Hikki.

at least that's what I think, because that's how I was and she reminds me a lot of myself.

One of my favorite series of the season now along with Attack on Titan, Suisei no Gargantia, Hataraku Maou-sama!, and Attack on Titan. For some reason, I just love the character interactions between the three main characters especially in the latest episode.

I almost didn't recognize Yukino in this episode 6. I had a number of shocked expressions on my face in her interactions with Hikki while out shopping for Yui's present. Really good episode. Yui and Hikki's disagreement ended not like I thought it might. Yukino comes in and cements the new start of a beginning (friendly) for those two. It's always better seeing Yui blushing with that smile.

This show has been interesting for me so far because, in many ways, I'm much like Hikki. I completely understand why he said what he said to Yuri at the end of episode 5 and I feel that I would've probably done something similar. When you're someone that has no real friends you don't want someone's sympathy, nor do you want someone to be nice just for the sake of being nice. You want a real friendship, but what he's developed so far with the other characters is about as fake as it can get. They associate in school, but outside of that they might as well be complete strangers aside from when they bump into one another.

Really looking forward to seeing how the series progresses.

I think that we share the same point of wiev. Also everytime I watch anime I put myself in protagonsts shoes and try to understand his thinking, reasoning motives and also what would I do in his position. I always try to see the message that creators wanted to pass on audience. Also it's quite interesting observe peoples personalities and the way they live and thing especially from psychologilcal point of wiev . . .
Anyhow this show amuses me and I kinda like it. I'm curious what is going to happen in the next episode. As someone said before - hope that Yukonos sister we'll have even more screen time

Episode 6 was definitely a fun one to watch, every episode makes me like the show more and more.

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The whole go shopping together kind of thing was a nice change of pace. I liked the episode for a few reasons, first you get to see Yukino is not alone by choice, but by necessity, and she wants people around her. She worked very hard trying to get her only friend back. I am still curious as to what June 18th really means, it clearly was not Yui birthday, but for her to put it on her email or whatever it is she put it on, it must have some kind of special meaning to Yui.

Guess i was right about of Yukino having some kind of a sibling, the interesting thing about her sister though is that much like Yui, she does not act like herself in front of others. She seems to act based on how she believes others want her to act. Basically the opposite approach Yukino has taken. One is overly honest, the other one masks who she is in order to fit in with people.

What i was most curious about though was Yukino's words about Hachiman and Yui being able to reach an end in order to be able to start over, while she herself cant really do that. I am guessing she was there the day the whole dog thing happened. Either she was responsible for the dog running loose, or he was responsible for the car that hit Hikigaya.

I am also having trouble reading Yukino and Hikigaya's relationship though. They are clearly friends, even if they both refuse to admit it. The question is if there are some latent romantic feeling appearing here or if its something else like guilt, assuming i am right about Yukino being partly responsible for the dog incident, like i think she is.